The BJP dropped Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh and allotted the seat to this former Congress chief.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday introduced 111 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, dropping Varun Gandhi from the Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat and retaining his mom, Maneka Gandhi. The occasion launched its fifth listing of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections on Sunday.
Former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has been as soon as once more fielded from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
The BJP dropped Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh and allotted the seat to former Congress chief Jitin Prasada.
The occasion has launched the names of the candidates for the Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.
Some notable names embrace Giriraj Singh, set to contest from Bihar’s Begusarai, Nityanand Rai from Ujiarpur, and Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib.
New joinee Naveen Jindal will contest from Haryana’s Kurukshetra, whereas Sita Soren is the candidate for Dumka (Jharkhand).
Tapas Roy is the candidate for Kolkata Uttar, Dilip Ghosh for Bardhaman-Durgapur, and Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who not too long ago resigned as a decide of the Calcutta High Court, will contest from Tamluk.
Notably, Ashwini Choubey has been dropped from Buxar (Bihar), with Mithilesh Tiwari changing him as a substitute. Varun Gandhi has additionally been dropped from Pilibhit.
Interestingly, the occasion has fielded actor Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil from Mandi and Meerut seats respectively for the upcoming normal election.
Ranaut is a well-liked Bollywood actress whereas Govil performed the function of Lord Ram within the well-liked TV collection, Ramayan.
The occasion’s well-liked spokesperson Sambit Patra will once more contest from Odisha’s Puri seat, which he misplaced within the earlier Lok Sabha polls.
The parliamentary elections for the 543 constituencies might be carried out in seven phases, commencing on April 19 and concluding on June 1. Vote counting is scheduled for June 4.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA employees and is printed from ANI)
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